CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County prosecutors are seeking to increase the bond for a man accused of shooting a police officer in the neck, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. A judge will consider the request Wednesday at a hearing for Antonio Taylor, who is currently jailed on $500,000 bond on charges…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A man accused of sexual abuse in a pending civil lawsuit is suing Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate John Brunner. In a petition dated Tuesday, California venture capitalist Michael Goguen accused Brunner of defamation. The allegations against Goguen, which he denies, are an issue in the Missouri governor’s race because Goguen…

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The Municipal League of Metropolitan St. Louis has filed suit challenging a requirement that the region’s cities report revenue from traffic fines. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2aHWMvW ) report that the suit was filed Monday in St. Louis County Circuit Court, claiming that the rule for reporting traffic fine revenue to…

( KTRS ) Two lawsuits, contesting a cigarette tax hike, have been filed to block it from the November ballot. One is a follow up to a recent appeals court decision that changed the measure’s ballot summary. The other lawsuit states that the proposal violates the Missouri Constitution by how it raises and spends money. The…

ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis has its first-ever chief resilience officer, a position created to help the city prepare for and respond to events ranging from floods and tornadoes to violence and riots. Mayor Francis Slay announced establishment of the office Tuesday and appointed Patrick R. Brown as chief resilience officer. The office is…

( KTRS ) The search for a mid-Missouri woman, that police believed was being held against her will, is over. The MO State Highway Patrol reports that 30 yr old Kelley Clark has been located. 911 operators spoke with Clark Monday night, when she told them she was being kept in a vehicle by a suspect.…